November? really?

[Adire]

Looks like I'll be back in November, maybe. 15 days of sub time left

[Windklinge]

this is bullshit. LONGEST PATCH DELAY EVER! this game NEEDS content NOW not in 2 months. i am out when sub ends. this is too much. also free i210 gear from airship causal content LOL way to make new 24 man useless in an instant. will also be probaly BETTER then savage gear considering it has most garbage sec stats. and look at that last sentence : IF YOURE LUCKY POWERFUL EQUIPMENT can be obtained this way. RNG OVERKILL IS BACK for sure. they cannot let it go -.- also now we know for sure how relic will work.

this is to much -.- they really think 3.0 contained enough content for a EXPANSION to justfy a patch delay of ANOTHER 5 months? 2.5 was 5 months before hw and now another 5 month wait? pretty sure thatll be the new standart and we wont get 3.2 until april 2016 then. because if people continue to pay for this and they will they see they can get trough with even less work. JUST LIKE LOTRO did... SAME MISTAKE.... why do devs not learn?

[Whocareswhatmynameis]

IF YOURE LUCKY POWERFUL EQUIPMENT can be obtained this way. RNG OVERKILL IS BACK for sure. they cannot let it go -.- also now we know for sure how relic will work.

Having rare items isn't the end of the world, you'll be ok I promise :P

They are also bringing void ark with lots of free loots for those that are worried about whatever effort/reward ratios they have cooked up in their heads.

[Kemas]

I couldn't agree more. SE has a huuuuge army of white knights defending them but I honestly don't understand. Maybe they run their company like a high school? Summer's off? Who knows. My company would lose clients instantly if I told them I needed a one month vacation for the entire staff lol

[Garlyle]

I am admittedly somewhat disappointed. Realistically, I also completely understand.

The pace at which XIV has traditionally churned out content is bonkers. The development cycle for the game was crazy short by industry standards, and the turnover rate for content patches is positively batty. It's something other MMORPG developpers would love to be able to claim to their name. Unfortunately, it's set an expectation that is pretty ridiculously demanding to maintain, in an industry that's already ridiculously demanding of its employees. That's just reality. I'm pretty sure many of the people arguing it's "lazy" would balk at being asked in their jobs to put in the same kinds of hours game developpers do, nevermind ones who've pulled off the temporal irregularity that was ARR's development cycle, and have been putting in for the last 2-3+ years of their lives.

That the ridiculous pace couldn't be kept up is a bit disappointing, and there's a good chance I'll take a month's break coming up simply to take a break so I'm coming back fresh when it is that time. I pay my subscription for the game as it stands now, not out of a demand to hold over the creator's heads. When that game fails to keep me wanting to shell that out, then I don't; if their product has become temporarily unappealing due to overconsumption, you aren't obligated to continue buying. They know it, and that's why we get new content. I'm just simultaneously disappointed with those here who believe that the people who create something they pay a whopping 12$/month for aren't deserving of actually getting a chance to live life outside of a cubicle. "Adults work 40+ hours a week". Yes, and adults who do are legally also given rights like paid vacation time, holidays, and so forth. They're not slaves, they're a business.

[Greyfrost]

I really do wonder what are the japanese-side playerbase are thinking, since their work ethics are more strict than us, when Yoshida stated vacation as the excuse for the delay.

Are they raging harder than us?

And since I'm subbed till the end of December this year... welp, see ya guys soon on 3.1

[Altera]

I am pretty sure they have been working 12+ hour days since before ARR with very little to no vacations, so I have NO problems letting them rest up a bit, and come back more refreshed and energized.

I work 8 hour days personally, and I even am exhausted after just that and take naps. I cannot imagine how I would feel like probably working 7 days a week, even during holidays hehe. I would die xD
Better with a 1 month delay, than a bugridden experience as well.

And if people complain about 1 month delay without content, go play WoW and WOD (king of MMORPG), where you get Selfies, Twitter and nothing more for a whole year

[ViktorMestrovic]

There's always something to do... hmm why not go outside and just bounce a rubber ball for a while? You could always do that! Ball and cup also provides hours of enjoyment. By definition you could ALWAYS find something to do in any game. Something worthwhile is a better way of looking at things. yes I could finish lvling more jobs to 60 via the same content that has been beaten to death worse than Guantanamo Bay detainees. I could always go grind out my 6th relic weapon.. or sit in my inn room playing minigames not on par with but not dissimilar to facebook games in terms of what they actually do for my amusement. There comes a point where "something to do" is literally just pointless busy work.

[ViktorMestrovic]

You can't hide behind the fact that it hasn't been 100% exhausted to make up for "relevant" content. Your friend is heart set on playing only healers.. he levels them all.. gears them best he can.. each week he is gated in the process by the token cap system. Your friend caps his miner and botanist and other crafters.. he crafts the same things every week to do his scripts.. camps the nodes.. then calls it a week after performing the same "chores."

[Colorful]

You can't hide behind the fact that it hasn't been 100% exhausted to make up for "relevant" content. Your friend is heart set on playing only healers.. he levels them all.. gears them best he can.. each week he is gated in the process by the token cap system. Your friend caps his miner and botanist and other crafters.. he crafts the same things every week to do his scripts.. camps the nodes.. then calls it a week after performing the same "chores."

You can edit your posts to put in more text past the 1000 character cap btw.